Word: hunts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...government reacted by launching what must have been the most intensive corpse hunt in history. Nearly half of France's 94,000-man police force was combing the country minutes after the disappearance of Petain's body was discovered. Roadblocks were set up on every highway leading from the Atlantic coast toward Verdun, where the culprits-who were presumed to be ultra-rightists-might be planning to bury the corpse. All trucks capable of hauling the 450-lb., zinc-lined oak coffin were stopped and systematically searched. Police also circled the sprawling cemetery at Douaumont, where workers...
...January, the Quaker/Tiger made its annual hunt into the Cambridge Jungle and, as predicted, it returned sleek and well-fed after fattening up on two triumphs at Harvard's expense. On the sinister evenings of January 5 and 6 Princeton edged out the Harvard cagers, 71-70, with a convincing display of discipline and cautions basketball, and Penn completed what has come to be a "traditional" sweep of the weekend back-to-back encounters...
...HUNT HALL LOBBY. Photographs by students in VES 144 (Photography as Sociological Description), thru March...
CRIES AND WHISPERS is Ingmar Bergman's examination of the anguish each human being undergoes when he first discovers that man has no defenses: that transcendent faith in an otherworldly God answers none of his urgent earthly needs; that a developing intellect may bring with it a ruthless hunt for truth repelling all human contact; and that sensuality in itself can only occasionally relieve the pain of a personal void, and might even start a personality festering. The film is Bergman's most complete response to the traditional wisdoms: persevere in faith and you'll be rewarded, gain understanding...
...Senate voted 77 to 0 to set up a special committee, chaired by Ervin, to investigate all aspects of the Watergate bugging case, including questions of White House ties to the conspirators. Says Ervin: "There will be no witch hunt [but] I am going to get to the bottom of this thing...